I am a wedding photographer that is interested in having full control of how my users view my website. It was very important for me to have a quick loading gallery that also opened the images quickly in full screen to showcase the quality of the work. I think hands down the JIG thumbnails + Photoswipe is the best way to showcase photography on WordPress. The fact that it easily integrates with real media gallery is the icing on top making WordPress feel like an actual full photography website. I have been running some tests and Google definitely likes the way that JIG is serving up my image thumbnails with alt tags and descriptions. It even links to the high resolution version, so it's a win for search engines and my users! I have been recommending it as “the best WordPress gallery” to all of the Facebook groups I am part of!

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Will Pursell
willpursell.com
written in Canada
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The best feature of JIG is without doubt the personal support of Firsh, the software author. I have been using NextGen WP plug-in for a number of years but its support for the display of images is very lacklustre. With JIG installed for testing my site was quickly and easily given a fresh coat of paint, the image display options and flexibility of the JIG options allows images to displayed in a large number of ways so there will be an option to suit everyone. If JIG doesn't have a feature you need then talk to the author, he is always open to suggestions. Currently my site has over 6,000 images and NextGen and JIG perform flawlessly together and has been used to develop the speed and performance of the plug-in.

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Kevin Lewis
photosbykev.com
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